- Who
- Anna Haining Swan and Martin van Buren Bates
- What
- 477.52 centimetre(s)
- Where
- United Kingdom (London,St Martin-in-the-Fields church in Trafalgar Square)
- When
Anna Haining Swan (Canada, b. 6 August 1846; d. 5 August 1888) was said to be 246.38 cm (8 ft 1 in) but actually measured 241.3 cm (7 ft 11 in). On 17 June 1871, she married Martin van Buren Bates (USA, b. 9 November 1837; d. 19 January 1919), who stood 236.22 cm (7 ft 9 in), making them the tallest married couple ever, with a combined height of 477.52 cm (15 ft 8 in).
